Vendor charged with $1.6M store break-in

Quacy Howes, a vendor, was yesterday remanded to prison by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine Beharry, on the charge that he broke into a store and stole $1.6 million in items.

Howes, 25, appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, which heard that on June 25, at Georgetown, he broke and entered the store of Yang Lian Ji and stole 34 cellular phones, a laptop and other items, valued $1.6 million.

Howes of Lot 58 High Street, Kingston, denied the